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Team Colors & Missing Ink

This simulation lets you see what happens to a basic color image when you run out of ink. Start by visiting this website and picking two teams. Then pick one of the three ink colors and pretend that you ran out of that color ink.
  • Take a screenshot of the two team color schemes,
  • annotate them with what they would look like when your chosen ink ran out,
  • Choose File, and Submit! (2013-03-14)

Missing Ink

  • There is a Quia exercise at this link . Use your screenshot from yesterday to help you match the colors and the codes!
  • Take a screenshot of your perfect score when you are done, ​
  • annotate it with a summary of what you learned,
  • Choose File, and Submit! (2013-03-13)

Color Subtraction

  • Visit this link , and turn the lights on in order to overlap the three primary colors. Take a screenshot of this image.
  • Annotate the image to show the binary code for each segment of color.
  • Choose file and Submit! (2013-03-12)

Rainbow Subtraction

  • Visit this link and use the drop-down menu to subtract different parts of the rainbow. We call the two colors "complementary colors".
  • Take a screenshot of each of the three subtractions, and annotate them with the "Complementary Colors" on display. Assemble the three screenshots into a single screenshot, Choose File, and Submit! (2013-03-11)

Digital Color Meter

  • Use your Spotlight finder to open the program "Digital Color Meter".
  • Move your cursor around the screen and look for the reddest red, the greenest green and the bluest blue.
  • Take screenshots of each, annotate them by circling the code, and then take another screenshot with all three screenshots together. Choose file and submit your screenshot! (2013-03-07)

Custom Color

  • Find a patch of color that appeals to you. (It could be from a photo you took, a website you visit, a game you play, etc.) Take a screenshot and keep it open on one side of your desktop.
  • Visit this link , and add or subtract the three primary colors (Red, Green, Blue) to match your chosen color.
  • Take a screenshot of the two windows, so I can see your chosen color, and the combination of RGB that matches it. Annotate the screenshot to explain which of the three primary colors is dominant, and by how much. Choose file and submit your screenshot! (2013-03-06)

Color Lights

  • Visit this link , and turn the lights on in order to overlap the three primary colors. Take a screenshot of this image.
  • Annotate the image to show the binary code for each segment of color.
  • Choose file and Submit! (2013-03-05)

Color Filters

  • Visit this link and complete the following tasks:
  • Select one of your favorite filters for a particular color family (RED, GREEN, or BLUE).
  • Click on the swatch and look at the rainbow that makes this color.
    • Does it have one peak in the rainbow, or more than one?
    • Does it block out certain parts of the rainbow?
  • Now choose a related color, and compare the two rainbows.
    • Do they have peaks at the same part of the rainbow?
    • Does one let through more light than the other?
    • Are there colors in one that are not in the other?
    • Take a screenshot of your two swatches and rainbows, annotate the differences, and click Choose File to submit your work!